Ahmad Arshad – The Moderate Way

			He one of few rises
		

			at night to pray
		

			and then finds himself slurring the words of
		

			the Quran
		

			and incapable
		

			of comprehending what he is reading,
		

			then let him lie down and go back
		

			to sleep.
		

			Very pragmatic
		

			hadith. This hadith has been related by Abu
		

			Dawud Sharif and Muslim Sharif.
		

			Now what is this hadith in Mubaraka teaching
		

			us? It is the prohibition
		

			of excess in our own spiritual endeavors and
		

			spiritual disciplines.
		

			Like some people go to such extremes
		

			in the tariq or suluk
		

			like denying themselves food and drink and sleep
		

			and so on,
		

			that they never give a thought to the
		

			possibility
		

			that what they're doing may be harmful